This is my last day in San Antonio. I fly to Denver tonight, to begin rehearsals for LYDIA. I’ll be working as Juliette Carrillo’s assistant director. I’m staying with Kersti’s friend Sarah Rose. Kersti is an actress I know from OSF, and she connected me with her. I live 3 miles by bus from the theater. I go in tomorrow to fill out paperwork and to see the Denver Center for the first time. Very excited.

Here’s the DTC’s blurb on LYDIA:
“A Mexican immigrant family is mired in grief, rage and guilt over a daughter tragically disabled on the eve of her quinceanera (15th birthday). When the undocumented Lydia arrives in El Paso from Mexico to work as a maid for the Flores family, her nearly miraculous bond with the brain-damaged girl elates, then angers and finally destroys the troubled family – and Lydia herself.”

I also had another Convergence teleconference yesterday. We’re going to be going after some grants for space rental, and we came to an exciting realization about how to best involve the local community. The Indy Convergence involves 4 types of workshops:
– Explorations (for all artists in and out of the Convergence)
– Open Studio/ Side Projects (smaller, more directed work on specific projects)
– Umbrella Project (for all Converging artists)
– Public Workshops (for community members)
and we’ve decided to make all the Explorations open to local artists. It’ll be a great way to meet people from the community and find out what kinds of artists are in Indianapolis.

We’re also going to offer, space permitting, the ability for local artists to teach their own Explorations.